“Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:” Galatians 1:3-4 ***** The Savior in His Incarnation
'Messiah comes! you rugged paths be plain; The Shiloh comes, you towering cedars bend; Swell forth, you valleys; and, you rocks, descend; The withered branch let balmy fruits adorn, And clustering roses twine the leafless thorn; Burst forth, you vocal groves, your joy to tell- The God of Peace redeems His Israel.' 'And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.'
Here we may behold Deity incarnate: God manifested in human nature! Turn aside, and see this great sight: contemplate this object with fixed attention, until your heart is suitably affected by the contemplation: gaze with the eye of faith on this brighter "Morning Star," gaze on this nobler "Sun of Righteousness," until every sublunary object is eclipsed by its superior splendor.--Robert Hall ***** Joy to the World! By Issac Watts G.F Handel/ L. Mason
1.Joy to the world! the Lord is come: let earth receive her King. Let every heart prepare Him room, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.
2.Joy to the earth! the Savior reigns: let all their songs employ, while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
3.No more let sin and sorrow grow nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow far as the curse is found, far as the curse is found, far as, far as the curse is found.
4.He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love, and wonders of His love, and wonders, wonders of His love. ***** A wonderful text! The following is from Spurgeon's, "Christ's Incarnation, the Foundation of Christianity" That is a wonderful text in Galatians 1:4, did you ever meditate upon it? "Who gave Himself for our SINS..." Jesus never gave Himself for our RIGHTEOUSNESS, but He did give Himself for our SINS! Sin is a horrible evil, a deadly poison, yet it is this which gives Jesus His title of Savior when He overcomes it. What a wonder this is! The first link between my soul and Christ is-not my goodness, but my badness; not my merit, but my misery; not my standing, but my falling; not my riches, but my need. He comes to visit His people, yet not to admire their beauties, but to remove their deformities; not to reward their virtues, but to forgive their sins. ***** Fully, Entirely and Perfectly!
"And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call His name JESUS: for He shall save His people from their sins. " Matthew 1:21 JESUS is nothing at all if He is not a SAVIOR. He is anointed to this very end. His very Name is a sham if He does not SAVE His people from their sins. This Jesus of Nazareth, the King of kings, and Lord of Lords, is the one and only Savior. He, and none but He, shall save His people. He, and not another, shall save them by His own act and deed. Singly and unaided, He shall save His people. Personally, and not by another, in His own Name, and on His own behalf, He shall, by Himself, purge away His people's sins. He shall do ALL the work, and leave none of it undone; He shall begin it, carry it on, and complete it; and therefore is His Name called Jesus, Savior, because He Shall Fully, Entirely, and Perfectly, Save His People from Their Sins! Jesus Christ has come to seek and to save those who were lost. If He does not save, He was born in vain, for the object of His birth was the salvation of sinners. If He shall not be a Savior, then His mission in coming to this earth has missed its end, for its design was that lost sinners might be saved. Lost one, lost one, if there were news that 'an angel' had come to save you, there might be some good cheer in it; but there are better tidings still. God Himself has come! The Infinite, the Almighty, has stooped from the highest heaven that He may pick you up, a poor undone and worthless worm! --C.H. Spurgeon ***** Daily Readings - December 25-31, 2016 Sunday - 2 & 3 John Monday - Jude - Rev. 2 Tuesday - Revelation 3-6 Wednesday-Revelation 7-10 Thursday -Revelation 11-14 Friday -Revelation 15-18 Saturday -Revelation 19-22
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